TheSilverH
Junior Guinea Pig
Hey all, new here... obviously
, Iām new to piggies and hope you all donāt mind me asking a couple of questions.
I know pigs eat their poops, the special one thatās for re-digesting after itās been through the gut, but Iāve noticed one of my boys (Raphael) keeps going to eat his and a normal poo drops from his mouth... is this normal? Do they both come out at the same time and this happens all the time? I have noticed he sniffs at his cage mates behind a lot, starting to think heās poorly and isnāt doing the special poops.
Heās also suddenly got a little hair loss just left of his cute wee nose, Iāve attached a couple of pics below. Heās booked in at the vets, but the first available appointment is Thursday, so if these things raise any alarm bells with anyone here Iām going to try a different vet. One of my boys died after only two weeks, Iād bought them from a pet shop and knew he needed a friend so the one I got was only 2 months old, they told me to just put them both in the same cage and put tonnes of hay in there. They seem to get along luckily, Raph rumbles a lot, and he wants to hump him often, but not excessively, they let eat other eat, and both boys poos look fine. Tbh I just feel awful, everything Iāve been told is a direct contradiction of what Iāve spent hours reading on here, and I just want to be a good guineadad.
Sorry if this is a bit rambling, thank you for any help/advice.
Greg
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I know pigs eat their poops, the special one thatās for re-digesting after itās been through the gut, but Iāve noticed one of my boys (Raphael) keeps going to eat his and a normal poo drops from his mouth... is this normal? Do they both come out at the same time and this happens all the time? I have noticed he sniffs at his cage mates behind a lot, starting to think heās poorly and isnāt doing the special poops.
Heās also suddenly got a little hair loss just left of his cute wee nose, Iāve attached a couple of pics below. Heās booked in at the vets, but the first available appointment is Thursday, so if these things raise any alarm bells with anyone here Iām going to try a different vet. One of my boys died after only two weeks, Iād bought them from a pet shop and knew he needed a friend so the one I got was only 2 months old, they told me to just put them both in the same cage and put tonnes of hay in there. They seem to get along luckily, Raph rumbles a lot, and he wants to hump him often, but not excessively, they let eat other eat, and both boys poos look fine. Tbh I just feel awful, everything Iāve been told is a direct contradiction of what Iāve spent hours reading on here, and I just want to be a good guineadad.
Sorry if this is a bit rambling, thank you for any help/advice.
Greg